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214 PURPOSE OF REQUEST: Provide funding for purchase of vehicle for Sheriff's Department patrolling of Coddle Creek Reservoir to be capitalized in GFAAG Line Item Present Approved Revised Account Number Budget Increase Decrease Budget 20-6-45-10-901 $175,238.82 Fund Balance Appropriated $21,000.00 $196,238.82 20-9-45-10-704 -O- Contribution to General Fund $21,000.00 $ 21,000.00 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Barnhart and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following budget amendment. BUDGET REVISION/AMENDMENT REQUEST DEPARTMENT OF SHERIFF AMOUNT: $21,000.00 TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT: Transfer Between Departments/Funds PURPOSE OF REQUEST: Purchase vehicle for patrolling of Coddle Creek Reservoir Line Item Present Approved Revised Account Number Budget Increase Decrease Budget 01-6-17-10-908 0.00 Contribution from Utility Fund 01-9-21-10-860 206,480.00 Equipment $21,000.00 21,000.00 $ 21,000.00 227,480.00 Briefings and Discussion of Recommendations Transportation/Transit Committee of 100 and Findings of the Ms. Betty Chapin Rash, member of the Transportation/Transit Committee of 100, discussed the work of the Committee which was established in 1993 to study the area's public transportation needs and to develop long range plans to meet those needs. Committee members included both private citizens and elected officials from the counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Union, Catawba and York. Members from Cabarrus County were Commissioner Payne, Mr. Bachman S. Brown, Jr., Mr. Kenneth Geathers, and Mr. Kenneth Propst. During her presentation, Ms. Rash listed the recommendations from the following five (5) Subcommittees: Environment and Transportation, Land Use and Quality of Life, Road, Transit Service Alternatives, and Intergovernmental Roles and Finance. The proposed 20-year plan included a combination of new road construction, expanded bus service, high capacity transit, "smart highways", and programs designed to improve air quality. The first 10 years of the plan would focus on new road construction with local funding used to accelerate highway projects already in the state's road building program. The second 10 years would emphasize the development of high capacity transit. It was recommended that the counties in the plan pay for the transportation improvements through an increase of up to one percent (1%) in the local option sales tax. Further, to oversee the proposed plan, the Committee recommended the establishment of a regional planning and coordination office at the Centralina Council of Governments to be funded on a per capita basis. This group would work with area metropolitan planning organizations and local planning staffs to plan and implement the regional transportation vision. There was lengthy discussion regarding the Committee's recommendations, specifically the proposal to use local funding for road construction. Board members expressed concern about the precedent this could set and the possibility that the State would shift its funding elsewhere, leaving road building to the county. Also, Commissioner Carpenter suggested that all transportation planning organizations such as the Carolinas Compact be brought together to better utilize resources and present one united voice for the region. The Board received Ms. Rash's presentation as information only and took no action. Ms. Rash indicated she would take the Board's comments and concerns back to the Committee of 100.